Vital Connections On Air

Minnesota is experiencing a
childcare crisis and it directly impacts our workforce.
Marnie Werner, Director of Research for the Center for Rural
Policy and Development, joins us for this episode to better
understand the issue and how it varies across the state. She
shares insights from research she led on the topic...

We continue exploring
Minnesota’s economy and its workforce in this episode as we meet
Bob Kill, President and CEO of Enterprise Minnesota.
Enterprise Minnesota is a consulting organization that helps
manufacturing companies become efficient and helps them to grow.
Their team of thirty-four individuals provides...

In this episode we catch up with Judy Hulterstrom and David
Krueger who are part of the Make It Litchfield program and hear
about their next steps. This episode is a follow up to
Episode 2: Make It Litchfield.

There are challenges with
Minnesota’s workforce. We hear about them every day.
Baby boomers are retiring. The workforce is shrinking.
Immigrants add workers, but there is no clear path to an
effective immigration policy. There are mismatches between
where the jobs are and where the people are. The good
news...

Laura Kalmbokidis, Ph. D., is an
Extension Economist, Professor of Applied Economics at University
of Minnesota, and Minnesota’s State Economist. She joins us
for this episode of Vital Connections on Air to help us learn more
about Minnesota’s global economy. She shares that our economy
continues to grow and is...